Role of Menopause in Thermoregulation
Recruiting
Phase 4
Interventional Study
Menopause
Aging
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 42 – 64
- Sex
- Female
- Trial phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 24 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Penn State University · Other
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About This Trial
The frequency and severity of heat waves has increased in the last decades. Older adults (over 65 years) have impaired responses to heat stress making them at increased risk for adverse events. Previous heat waves report that women over 65 experience worse health outcomes than any other age group and age matched men.
Aging and reproductive hormones, specifically estrogen, independently alter resp…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Women ages 42-64
Exclusion Criteria:
* Chron's disease, diverticulitis, or similar gastrointestinal disease
* Abnormal resting exercise electrocardiogram (ECG)
* Tobacco use
* High-risk determined by the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Factor
* Assessment
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